<div dir="ltr">Hi Kirk - check out the <a href="https://www.usanpn.org/data/spring">resources</a> available from the <a href="http://usanpn.org">USA National Phenology Network</a>, which includes daily Accumulated Growing Degree Day maps and a daily Index of Spring threshold map, with associated 30-year anomalies, for the nation but with 2.5 km spatial granularity. <div><br></div><div>The anomaly maps show Spring arriving over 3 weeks early in southern Illinois, Indiana and extreme southern Ohio...<div><br></div><div>Here's a <a href="https://www.usanpn.org/files/reports/USA-NPN_AGDD-and-SiX.pdf">technical summary</a>; the full technical documentation is in press but should be out this week...</div><div><br></div><div>We'd be interested in hearing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/USANPN/">your reports</a> of signs of early spring, or how pollinators seem to be coping with yet another early year! Or, participate more formally at <a href="http://naturesnotebook.org">Nature's Notebook</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Jake </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Kirk Wattles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kwattles@verizon.net" target="_blank">kwattles@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In Philadelphia, we seem to be about six weeks ahead of schedule, especially with a predicted warm spell toward the end of this week. GDD will hit 60 this weekend, which "usually" happens at the end of March or in early April. Elms, silver maple, and the early cherries are already blooming.<br>
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For those who are watching how the spring of 2017 plays out in the world of pollinators, what organizations, websites, and resources are available?<br>
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On facebook, check the hashtag #phillyblooms2017 , instigated by the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild.<br>
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- Kirk<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jake F. Weltzin<br>US Geological Survey<br>Program Manager, Status & Trends Program<br>Executive Director, USA National Phenology Network<br>USA-NPN National Coordinating Office<br>1311 East 4th Street<br>Tucson, AZ 85721<br>Office: 520-626-3821</div><div>Mobile: 703-485-5138<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:jweltzin@usgs.gov" target="_blank">jweltzin@usgs.gov</a><br></div></div></div>
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